Hezhou, Sichuan.This was once the place where the Mengyuan and the Southern Song Dynasty fought for decades, and there was even a miracle that the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Diaoyu City was still unfinished.However, Shang Kexi, who was besieged in Hezhou, did not have the ability to create this miracle.April of the fourth year of the Yongli calendar in 1662.In the same month that Zhao Ming captured Hailan Pao, Hezhou City, which had been besieged for half a year, was finally captured by the Ming army because of the lack of support from Meng Qiaofang in Chengdu.Zhou general Li Guoying, the Qing general who defeated Liu Wenxiu several times in history and exterminated the thirteen families of Kuidong, led the troops to break through when the city was broken, and was shot and killed at the city gate several times.Zhou general Shang Kexi, as one of the former Sanshun kings, after the Ming army invaded the city, chose the same path as Kong Youde, and burned himself in Hezhou Mansion, and his son Shang Zhixin and others chose to surrender to the Ming army.Li Dingguo and Tang Tong collected compound states, Shang Kexi and Li Guoying were killed, and for a time there was a great earthquake in Sichuan and Shu, and the Zhou troops in Ziyang, Suining and other places abandoned the city and fled.At the end of April, after the Ming army rested for a while, Li Dingguo and Tang Tong led the main force to march to Chengdu, and the army took Bishan, Tongliang, Tongnan, Suining, and Lezhi all the way, approached Anyang Pass in Jianzhou, and surrendered all the way to the state and county.At the same time, Liu Wenxiu went north from Luzhou, went down to Neijiang and Ziyang, and on the third day of the fifth month, he and Li Dingguo were in front of Anyang Pass.300,000 Ming troops approached Chengdu, and the distance was only 100 miles.This made the Zhou army in Chengdu a mess, and no one thought that in less than a year, Sichuan would lose most of it.At this time, in the Shuai Mansion Festival Hall, Meng Qiaofang sat in the handsome position, and the lower generals all had gloomy faces and did not speak."
Overseer, the Ming army is pressing the border, please hurry up and get a strategy!"
Gao Qilong said worriedly.Meng Qiaofang was silent, and many Zhou generals looked at him with heavy faces, waiting for him to come up with an idea.In the middle of the sound, Meng Qiaofang raised his head and glanced at everyone: "The Ming army is strong, Chengdu is in no danger, this governor has decided to abandon Chengdu and retreat to Hanzhong!"
”As if they were afraid that Meng Qiaofang would regret it, many Zhou soldiers immediately stood up and clenched their fists, and praised loudly, "The overseer is wise!"
”Meng Qiaofang sighed and waved her hand, "Let's disperse, take everything you can take away, and leave tonight." ”The generals saluted and hurriedly left the festival hall, but before evening, all the units of the Zhou army rushed out of the city and fled to Hanzhong.For a time, there was chaos in Chengdu, and the Zhou army was about to forcibly requisition the people's chariots and horses, and the merchants clothed and grain, which made the chickens and dogs jump in the city.The tradition of the Zhou army withdrawing and scrambling has always been there, and Meng Qiaofang saw that when he waited until the evening, he might be left alone, so he also took the standard camp and left the city in a panic.Seeing this, the Qin merchants in Chengdu City hurriedly stopped Meng Qiaofang and asked urgently: "The overseers are going to give up Chengdu and give Sichuan away." ”The Qin Shang Dynasty was one of the top ten merchant gangs in China, the earliest merchant gang to rise in the Ming Dynasty, and the largest merchant gang in the past.After the Zhou Dynasty, many domestic food and materials relied on Qin merchants to help transit.This is just like the Jin merchants were to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Qin merchants were very important to the Zhou state, and the commercial expansion of the Qin merchants also depended on the expansion of the Zhou state.The territory of the Zhou State is vast, but there are few rich lands, Sichuan can be said to be the only rich place with rich products and sufficient food, and the Qin merchants have invested a lot here, so they naturally do not want the Zhou State to give up Sichuan.Meng Qiaofang had no choice but to break free and prevaricate: "Don't get me wrong, this governor is just a strategic transfer, and he will definitely not give up Sichuan." ”After finishing speaking, he hurriedly pulled out the horse, and under the surround of the superintendent, he left Chengdu in a panic.Shang Kexi and Li Guoying were killed, which made the Zhou army in Chengdu extremely shocked.When he learned that the Ming army had arrived at Yang'an Pass and that 300,000 generals were approaching the city, Meng Qiaofang expected that Chengdu would not be able to hold on, so he led 40,000 Zhou troops and a number of civil and military officials of the Sichuan Zhou army to flee to Jiange in a hurry, and then went all the way north to Hanzhong.In order to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of the situation to attack Hanzhong, the Zhou army also burned the plank road along the way, cutting off the connection between Hanzhong and Sichuan.Li Dingguo, Tang Tong, and Liu Wenxiu, three generals, met at Yang'an Pass in Jianzhou, and after the 300,000 troops broke through the Guancheng, they went all the way to Chengdu.On May 6, Liu Wenxiu, as a striker, first arrived at the city of Chengdu.This is the center of Sichuan, and it was also the capital of the Great Western Kingdom.In the past 20 years, Chengdu has changed hands several times, but now, it will return to the hands of the Ming Dynasty.Looking at the towering city wall, Liu Wenxiu and other soldiers of the Western Army couldn't help but sigh that this was the third time they were going to capture Chengdu.The first time was to follow Zhang Xianzhong into Sichuan and seize Chengdu from the Ming Dynasty.The second time was to follow Sun Kewang and seize Chengdu from the Qing army.The third time, it is now, they will recover Chengdu as the Ming army and end the chaos of Shu for decades.Looking at the place where they had fought, Li Wenxiu and the others couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.At this time, the soldiers looked at the city and couldn't help asking, "Governor, is it to fight or appease?"
”In the Battle of Eastern Sichuan and the Battle of Hezhou, the Zhou army in Sichuan lost nearly half, and the Zhou army that remained in Chengdu must have been panicked and the army was in turmoil.Liu Wenxiu controlled the horse and said in a deep voice: "Order the army to set up and prepare for the siege."
In addition, send someone to deliver a message to get the enemy forces in the city to surrender. ”At this time, there were only a part of the local soldiers and officials in Chengdu who were unwilling to leave Sichuan, and they had already trembled and panicked when they saw Meng Qiaofang leading the main force to escape.Now seeing the Ming army approaching the city, where do the defenders in the city have the courage to resist.Just when the Ming army was about to send soldiers to the book city to urge surrender, the gate of Chengdu had been opened, and a team of men and horses came out of the door and came towards the Ming army.Not long after, an official led a group of merchants and gentry in Chengdu to the Ming army, and was taken by the soldiers to the Chinese army to meet him."
Chengdu Order of Zhou State, lead the people of the whole city, come to offer the city, hope that the king will enter the city to appease the people, and respectfully invite the king to enter the city."~~~~~ Guanzhong, Chang'an.The news of the First Battle of Sichuan soon spread to the palace of King Zhou, causing Wu Sangui to be furious.Bashu and Hedong are the two wings of Guanzhong, like an arm guarding the land of Guanzhong.Now that the Ming army has captured Bashu, it is equivalent to cutting off one arm of the Zhou State, making Wu Sangui a one-armed hero, and the other arm, if he does not listen to the call very much, the Zhou State is equivalent to being abolished."
Shang Kexi, the widow mistakenly believed him.""
Meng Qiaofang, what a big dog!
Who told him to abandon Chengdu without authorization and withdraw to Hanzhong?
”In the face of Wu Sangui's exposure and angry scolding, the officials of the palace and the state were as quiet as cicadas and did not dare to speak out.Hong Chengchou looked at Wu Sangui, who was so angry that he was distorted, his eyes flickered, maybe it's time for me to have a showdown.()